"The objective was not to make some massive social change in the Valley at all," said Michael Kenney, marketing and development coordinator at the Appleton Public Library."Our whole concept was to find a book that would get people talking and interested in reading."

The committee made its selections and then put the books to a public vote.

"When the numbers finally came in - and it was a very big vote - the winner by a nose was ,Nickel and Dimed'," Kenney said.